On a July 4th weekend, we take you into twanguility with an Ambient Americana Soundscape. It’s country and western distilled though Brian Eno ambiences, but still with that country twang.
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Friday, July 3, 2026 – Echoes Ambient Americana
Tag: Music Criticism
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Thursday, July 2, 2026 – Music by Cigarettes After Sex
Join us for the sultry bedroom sound of Cigarettes After Sex. We have a single from them and some space music out of Australia by Jim Ottaway, who continues shooting for the stars.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2026 – London Grammar & Caroline Lavelle
Music by London Grammar who team up with electronic producer, Sebastian. We’ll also hear Caroline Lavelle who is the cellist with Loreena McKennitt and the singer with Secret Sky.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026 – American Electronic Revolution
It’s the American Electronic Revolution, as Echoes brings you 25 electronic artists celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Hear the music that has created an entirely new American sound.
Playlists
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 – Boards of Canada
They are considered icons in the ambient world but haven’t released an album in 13 years. Boards of Canda return with a new album of edgy electronic ambiences called Inferno.
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Monday, June 29, 2026 – Unwed Sailor
Echoes CD of the Month rides a post-rock sound with Unwed Sailor. They embrace bass-led, instrumental music with post-rock dynamics that glide between delirious heaviness & breezy melodicism.
Reviews & Commentary
Tonto’s Expanding Head Band at 55
Malcolm Cecil was an electronic pioneer whose duo, Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, planted the seeds of contemporary electornic music with the album Zero Time in 1971. He leaves at age 84.
Playlists
Monday, June 15, 2026 – TONTO’s Zero Time at 55
As Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, Malcolm Cecil & Robert Margouleff created the seminal electronic space album, Zero Time, in 1971. We celebrate this epic release on its 55th anniversary.
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Weekend, June 27-28, 2026 – Hammock Interview
Hammock talk about the Christian experiences, LSD trips and disaffection with current politics that fuel their album, The Second Coming was a Moonrise.
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Echoes Podcast – Karyyn Interview
